[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 792 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 792

                To prohibit assistance to Saudi Arabia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2009

   Mr. Weiner (for himself, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Holt, Mrs. 
   Maloney, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
                To prohibit assistance to Saudi Arabia.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prohibit Aid to Saudi Arabia Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR SAUDI ARABIA.

    No funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to an 
Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs may be obligated or expended to 
finance directly any assistance or reparations to Saudi Arabia. For 
purposes of the preceding sentence, the prohibition on obligations or 
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, and 
guarantees of the Export-Import Bank of the United States or its 
agents.
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